National Republican., 1887-11-14

by the huzzas Of the tens OF thousands who
were brought 10 God through his ministry.
hesc Watts, the great Christian poet, , was con. @
great Baptist evangelist. was converted at 10
years Of age. Jonathan Edwards, the greatest
of American logtoiens, was converted at
on for one generation OF holy men and
women Shall II be the next2 Fathers and
mothers you under God are to decide whether
ebriatSes, Counter eounterfsiIerts. % ~ Siasphemcrs, % % and
whether there shall be those bearing your
image and carrying you name fostering In the
pstiop @ and may @ ps he mIdnisbt Of sbeir s i've;
borrid with long howl Of ruin, or whether
from your family altars shall come the Chris
tians, the reformers, the teachers, the minis.
tiers OF Christ, the comforters OF the troubled,
the bealers OF the sick, the enacters OF good
laws, the founders OF charitable institutions,
and great many who shall In the humber
spheres OF toll and use fulness serve God and the
best interests Of the human race.
. You cannot ns parents shirk tho responsi-
bility. God has charged you with mission,
sna m the 6Tons Of hssve9 are WAITING
not forget that IL Is not so much what W.
teach our children as what wo are IN their
presence. We wish them TO be better than We
are, but the probability is that they will only
be reproductions OF our own character Ger.
man literature has much to say OF the Spec
ter Of Brocken." Among those mountains
phere see themselves copied on a
gigantic scale in the clouds. AT first the
travellers do not realize that IL is
themselves on larger scale. When they lift a
hand or move the head this monster specter
does the same, and with such enlargement OF
proportions that the scene Is most exciting,
and thousands have gone to that place Just
to behold the specter of Brookon. The prob
ability is that some OF our faults which we
consider small and insignificant, II we do not
put an end to them, will be copied on a larger
peSaps @ dsed UaT no
proportions. You need not 80 as far OF as the
.Brocken to see that process. The first thing In
I Importance In the education of our children
examples to be copied. The day will come
when you must confront that child, not in the
church pew on calm Sabbath, but amid the
CONSERVATION OF the rising dead, and the fly
Ing heavens, and burning world. From your
side that son or daughter, bone OF your bone,
heart Of your heart, the fathers brow his brow.
Mssy w be 90 yop Gre e
last you hear their feet in the same golden
highway and hear their voices in the same
rapturous song, illustrn,ions, while the eternal
gses last of what faithful, parent could, un'
der Gtd, accomplish I was reading Of .
mutber who dying had all her children about
her, and took each one of them
meet her in heaven. and with tears and sobs
such as those only know who have stood by
the deathbed of good old mother, they all
Saa beeh se s9 1sly VIA Ws y21s Of
hard and proud, and when she took HIS hand
she said: "Now, my boy. want you to prom so
me before die that you will become Christ.
ian and meet me in heaven" The young man
made no answer, for there was SO
much for him to give UP II
he made and kept such n promise
But the aged mother persisted in saying
You won't deny me that before go, will
you? This parting must not be forever. Tell
me now you Will serve God and meet me in
the land where there is no parting" Quakinp
with emotion he stood, making up his mind
and haltipg and hesitating, but at last his stub
bornness yielded and he threw hisarms around
his mothers neck and said: "Yes, mother,
will, / WILL" And as he finished the last word
of his promise her spirit assembled. ] thank
God the young man kept his promise. Yes he
kept It,. May God give oil mothers and fathers
the gladness Of their childrens salvation.
For all who arc trying to do their duty rs pa
rents, quote the tremendous passage "Train
up q child in the way In which he should 60
and when he 10 old he will not depart from Il. u
II through good discipline and prayer and
godly example you are acting upon that child
you have the right to expect him to grow IN
yirtuous. And how many tears Of Joy you will
shed when you see your child honorable and
just and truthful and Christian and successful
a holy man amid world of dishonesty, a godly
woman in a world of frivolous pretenSion
When you come to die they will gather to bless
your last hours; they will push back the white
locks on your cold forehead, and say, "What @
good father he always was to me-" thev viii
fold your hands peacefully, and say. "Deal
motherl She is gone. Her troubles are al
| over. Don't she look beautiful?'